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PRESENTING IN ENGLISH
This practical guide introduces students to the language and other skills
needed to deliver a presentation in English. Concise and accessible, the guide
will be particularly helpful to learners of English.
The book:
• covers different types of presentations, including group and online
presentations, common structures of presentations, presentation tools, and
the main message that each presentation should have
• introduces the language skills necessary for presentations: useful English
words, phrases, and sentences to use in the various parts of presentations,
and how one’s pronunciation can become clearer to an international
audience
• explains how to control voice and vocal tract usage and how to effectively
use the body as a communicator
• discusses how to communicate with the audience, including how to handle
questions, and explores different types of audiences
• includes culturally diverse examples, case studies, and exercises
Accompanied by online support material with recordings, the book is an
essential guide to delivering a successful presentation in English.
Dick Smakman
is Lecturer at Leiden University, The Netherlands, where
he teaches courses in Second Language Acquisition and Sociolinguistics. He
is the author of
Accent Building
(2015),
Discovering Sociolinguistics
(2018),
and
Clear English Pronunciation
(2020). He has taught courses and delivered
presentations at various universities, particularly in Europe and Asia.
PRESENTING IN ENGLISH
A Practical Guide
Dick Smakman
First published 2024
by Routledge
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© 2024 Dick Smakman
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British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN: 978-1-032-62787-8 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-032-62532-4 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-032-62789-2 (ebk)
DOI: 10.4324/9781032627892
Typeset in Galliard
by Newgen Publishing UK
Access the Support Material: www.routledge.com/9781032625324
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